This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'elder, core' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/elder/core/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'elder, core' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'elder, core' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/elder/core/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind A strange land, home to the dark elves, is under siege from within. The evil Dagoth Ur strives to conquer all, and the Tribunal which protects the land are weakened and can no longer hold out against the onslaught. To Morrowind, to the island of Vvardenfall, you are sent, to do battle with Dagoth Ur and free the false gods of the Tribunal from their ancient folly.
]]> 09 Jan 2007 10:43:39 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created. Oblivion is the latest chapter in the epic and highly successful Elder Scrolls saga and utilizes the latest PC and next-generation video game hardware to fully immerse you into the experience.
]]> 25 Nov 2006 06:28:05 Doom The mother of all FPSes...

Doom. Run around, blast demons, get weapons. Uncompromisingly intense, with no shortage of challenge, Doom ushered in a new era - the age of the FPS.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 06:16:16 Chrono Trigger The 32-meg Chrono Trigger utilizes time travel, science-fiction, and fantasy adventure to create one of the best role-playing games ever. The game's hero, Crono, is transported into the past and ends up altering the course of history, and with it the future as well.

The integral time travel element of the game enables players to alter the game by changing the past, give players multiple endings and excellent repeat game play value. There are mini-quests, a huge cast of characters, realistic time travel, non-linear game play, and more active and interactive battle scenes than Squaresoft's 1994, highly acclaimed, role-playing game Final Fantasy III.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 11:26:30 Final Fantasy VII A giant energy manufacturing company known as Shinra Inc. is harvesting the sheer life energy of the Planet as a simple fossil fuel. Processed and made into products known as Mako and Materia, these materials can work miracles, granting the wisdom of the Ancients to the user. However, this substance, like all other fuels, is finite in supply, and the Planet's lifeforce is being malevolently drained by the constant explotation of Mako by Shinra. Though aware of the harmful effects, they function without remorse.

However, the real battle lies not with a corporation, but a force much more competent from the distant past. A long-thought dead warrior bent on becoming more and more powerful, coupled with the Planet's drained energy, threatens the very existence of everything sacred.

Now a small rebel group eminating from the slums must quell the various dangers toward the innocent, and one mercenary for hire must look amidst the lies and deception and find the man he is within.
]]> 30 Nov 2006 03:34:46 Fallout 2 The sequel to the greatest rpg of all time (I think so anyway) This one packs even more humor and gratuitous violence than ever before.

You play as an ancestor to the vault dweller after he founded a tiny village. You must go on a quest to find a G.E.C.K or Garden of Eden Creation Kit.
]]> 08 Nov 2006 07:52:41 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Samus enters the Wii in late 2007.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 02:22:51 Cave Story - Doukutsu Monogatari Cave Story is a freeware sidescrolling action/adventure/platformer title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the giant cave inside the floating island which makes up the game's setting.

This is a free game made by one man:

Pixel said,
It's been five years since I first thought to myself, "Hey, why not try making a game?" I developed Cave Story at my own pace, taking my time, and while doing so I released a few other smaller games as well.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 01:38:13 Shenmue The story of Shenmue begins in 1986 and centers around Ryo Hazuki, a young man who's father has been murderer. You play as Ryo and now must find the killers and avenge your father's death.

Gameplay in Shenmue is diverse; while most of the game is spent walking around the atmospheric, life-like Japanese locations in a third-person 'chase cam' mode (talking to people, searching for things, solving puzzles, and so forth), it is interspersed with many 'mini-games', including forklift and motorcycle races, bar fights, chases down crowded alleys, full versions of Sega arcade games Space Harrier and Hang-On (both originally programmed by Shenmue creator and director, Yu Suzuki), dart games, and 'free fighting' sequences.
]]> 24 May 2007 01:36:27 Cortex Command Mine precious gold from the deformable terrain in order to buy better weapons, digging tools, and deployable defenses. Use these assets to defend your disembodied brain and bankrupt your opponent!

Old-school 2D sidescroller pixel graphics coupled with an extremely detailed physics simulation makes for a mix of nostalgia and surprising gameplay.
]]> 12 Nov 2006 03:44:39 Soldat Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.

Most important features:
  • It's free to play
  • Game environment based on real physics rules
  • Over 18 weapons available: - guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun
  • Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN
  • Intelligent bots
  • 7 game modes:
  • - Deathmatch
  • - Pointmatch
  • - Teammatch
  • - Rambomatch
  • - Capture the Flag
  • - Infiltration
  • - Hold the Flag
  • 51 different maps
  • Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker
  • Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux
    • * Large community creating mods, maps and tools
    ]]>     02 Dec 2006 05:17:22     Pokemon Colosseum Pokemon Colosseum for the Nintendo GameCube is the sequel to the popular Pokemon Stadium series on the N64. Connect your Game Boy Advance to your GameCube in order to battle with over 200 detailed 3D versions of Pokemon from the Sapphire and Ruby GBA games. As well as uploading characters into Colosseum, players are able to load exclusive Pokemon from the GameCube game and take them on the go with the Game Boy Advance. In addition to the tournament battle mode, Colosseum boasts a full adventure mode with a storyline. In this mode, players follow the scent of a mysterious organization that has been turning Pokemon into Dark Pokemon.

    Check out the group for Pokemon Fans of the World!
    ]]>     04 Mar 2007 09:27:41     Sonic The Hedgehog (XBL)
    ]]>     25 Aug 2007 11:26:29     BioShock
    The idealistic surroundings and grim reality are constantly at odds.

    Often touted as the "Spiritual successor to System Shock 2", BioShock is a long awaited fps in development by Irrational Games, with lead designer Ken Levine promising to advance the definition of first person shooters.

    As a likely 2007 release grows closer more screenshots and trailers are being released, and one thing that's apparent is a gorgeous environment, seemingly inspired in great part by the art deco period of the last century.

    Game overview and features as reported at the official site
    BioShock is a revolution in the shooter genre that will forever change the expectations for the FPS. Going beyond "run and gun corridors," "monster-closet AIs" and static worlds, BioShock creates a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. BioShock is the Shooter 2.0.

    After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a city hidden beneath the sea. Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, the idealism is no more. Now the city is littered with corpses, wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead, and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn.


    Features:

    • Take control of your world by hacking mechanical devices, commandeering security turrets and crafting unique items critical to your very survival.
    • Upgrade your weapons with ionic gels, explosives and toxins to customize them to the enemy and environment.
    • Genetically modify your body through dozens of Plasmid Stations scattered throughout the city, empowering you with fantastic and often grotesque abilities.
    • Explore a living world powered by Ecological A.I., where the inhabitants have interesting and consequential relationships with one another that impact your gameplay experience.
    • Experience truly next generation graphics that vividly illustrate the forlorn art deco city, highlighted by the most detailed and realistic water effects ever developed in a video game.
    • Make meaningful choices and mature decisions, ultimately culminating in the grand question: do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture...or save them?

    Developer: Irrational Games
    Publisher: 2K Games
    Released: currently targeted for August 2007 release!

    System Requirements
    To be announced.

    In motion, the water effects are truly amazing. In fact, Irrational has someone on staff whose sole job is to handle water effects - everything from the fountains and ripples to the distortion of the fish beneath the surface.

    ]]>     25 Dec 2006 12:58:07     Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is an educational computer game about American pioneer life that has a long history in North American school districts and homes. The game was inspired by the real-life Oregon Trail and was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the trail. The player takes the role of a party of people, of a selected profession, traveling across the Oregon Trail in a Conestoga wagon. The success of the game has spawned numerous sequels such as The Amazon Trail and The Yukon Trail.

    The first version of the game, simply entitled "OREGON" was made in 1971 and was designed for the teletype machines operating on the TIES system at Carleton College. The original coder was Bill Heinemann. One of the original developers, Don Rawitsch, was a history teacher who later began working at the state-funded Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974, where the game would be further developed. Oregon Trail was distributed through the consortium to educational institutions and the code (written in BASIC) was published in Creative Magazine allowing users of Commodore PET and other early home microcomputers to input it into their own machines to play.
    ]]>     30 Jan 2007 06:35:07     NERO Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!
    ]]>     10 Dec 2006 05:23:36     An Untitled Story
    ]]>     26 Aug 2007 03:37:01     S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
    Man made hell...

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow Of Chernobyl takes you into a near future where nuclear disaster has taken place. When a strange second explosion at the old Chernobyl site rocks the landscape, it leaves a vast "Exclusion Zone" plagued with deadly energy disturbances in its wake. The quarantined Exclusion Zone expanded over time, and by 2012, specially equipped poachers, known as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, venture into the Zone to claim radioactive artifacts for the black market. You are a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. battling for survival among rivals, soldiers and mutant creatures while trying to discover the true nature of Chernobyl's dark past and horrific future.
    ]]>     07 Jan 2007 09:06:28     You Don't Know Jack

    You Don't Know Jack: the show where high culture and pop culture collide!


    You Don't Know Jack is a series of quiz show-inspired computer games which combine trivia and comedy. The games are known for their humor and challenge, as well as simple presentation. The games rarely use graphics, relying heavily on voice acting and text.

    The games have recently been revived at the YDKJ official website, where new episodes are released every weekday. These are developed in Flash and are available to play for free within your web browser.

    Category: Quiz

    Release Date: Varied

    Developer: Jellyvision
    ]]>     26 Mar 2007 11:13:20     Blue Dragon From IGN.Com
    The first of two epic RPG projects for Microsoft by Mistwalker, the studio founded by Square-Enix's Hironobu Sakaguchi. Blue Dragon features characters by designer Akira Toriyama, and tells the story of a young boy named Shu, who battles enemies using his "Dragon Shadow."
    ]]>     07 Feb 2007 06:11:04     Pokemon Battle Revolution The first Nintendo Wii entry in the much-enjoyed Pokemon franchise. The game is a battle stadium-type game between Pokemon, and it allows you to import your Pokemon from the DS games Pokemon Diamond & Pearl to play on the big screen.

    Check out the group for Pokemon Fans of the World!
    ]]>     03 Mar 2007 04:49:21     Mayhem Intergalactic
    ]]>     06 Sep 2007 05:07:13     PlaneShift PlaneShift is a cross-platform, open source, and free MMORPG in development.

    PlaneShift is has a classic medieval fantasy setting, with a slight twist. Instead of a generic planet, the game is set inside a gigantic stalactite named Yliakum, divided into eight levels, of which the lower two are flooded.
    ]]>     06 Feb 2007 02:44:47     odin sphere Odin Sphere is set in Erion, a world of several large and powerful nations that hold an uneasy peace and keep each other in constant check. One day the most powerful country, Valentine, is mysteriously obliterated, sparking a war between two of the other nations, Ringford and Ragnaval. They go to war to fill the power vacuum, but what they do not realize is that their turmoil is part of a long-lost prophecy that could lead to the end of the world. As the characters play their parts, they learn how their interwoven lives can put an end to the prophecy.

    Odin Sphere received a positive reception with an average critic score of 83% at Game Rankings. Play Magazine gave it a perfect review, praising its 2D graphics, detailed storyline, and unique combat system as the high points of the game.
    ]]>     27 Jun 2007 10:45:36     Alternate Reality: The City
    ]]>     20 Sep 2007 12:33:09     Last Scenario Last Scenario is a game made using the popular RPGMaker XP that could possibly rival Aveyond's level of professionalism, perhaps even surpass it. Tiles, music and sound effects are standard material that is included with the package, but most of the character portraits, sprites and backgrounds seen in this release were created by the developer.

    The C key is used for most interactions and menu selections. Press the X key to access the inventory screen or to cancel any choices. A medium length RPG with over a thousand rooms, side quests, a unique spellcard system and even a collectible board game, it's quite unlikely that any fan would complete this production in a couple of sittings

    (from Indy Gamer)
    ]]>     26 Jun 2007 12:16:14     Dark Horizons : Lore Invasion DH: Lore Invasion puts the player into the very mind of the most lethal war machines ever to engage combat in the war-torn Earth of 2155. Connected by a remote neural link, you control your Mechanized Assault Vehicle (MAV) in a squad of allied warriors while seeking to claim soil for the faction to which you've pledged your allegiance. Can you lead your people to peace in a harsh universe where reflexes and nerves of steel are the touchstones of victory? Or will your enemy overpower you with superior resolve and unrelenting firepower? How will you write the Lore of the future?
    ]]>     22 Sep 2006 02:06:04     Air Ace Online Air Ace is a multiplayer only world war two fighter combat game. Players battle it out for supremacy of the skies. Using high-end shader graphics and a unique physics engine with the Torque Shader engine as its core, the game features intense dogfighting action.

    Gameplay is very straightforward, you fly, you fight, you die. Various game modes can be set on the server, dogfight, team dogfight, capture the bases etc. But our aim is to get you into combat within the first 20 seconds.
    ]]>     25 Sep 2006 01:23:15     Blockland The game where you build stuff.

    An open-ended, non-competitive, multi-player construction game. You build online with bricks.
    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 01:38:19     Mega Man In the year 200X, famed robotic engineer Dr. Thomas Light develops the world's first artificially intellegent, humanoid robots. Dr. Light holds a vision of robots and humans working peacefully side-by-side. His two household robots, Rock and Roll, he considers like his own children. He also creates six other robots with specific industrial functions.

    However, one day Dr. Albert Wily, an old academic rival of Dr. Light's, resurfaces after years missing and steals Dr. Light's six industrial robots. Still carrying his wounded pride from past events, he modifies Dr. Light's robots for battle purposes and uses them in his plans to take over the world.

    Rock, having a strong sense of justice, pleads with Dr. Light to convert him into a battle robot. Dr. Light grudgingly accepts his request, and hence the heroic robot Mega Man was born. Mega Man now fights to stop Dr. Light's reprogrammed robots and Dr. Wily's evil scheme.


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 05:57:24     Mega Man II In the year of 200X, a super robot named Megaman was created. Dr Light created Megaman to stop the evil desires of Dr Wily. However, after his defeat, Dr Wily created eight of his own robots to counter Megaman.


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 06:37:48     Mega Man III After suffering his previous defeats to Mega Man, Dr. Wily turns up at Dr. Light's laboratory, having apparently undergone a change of heart. Dr. Light takes him in, and the two begin work on Gamma, a great robot intended to maintain the world's peace. Near the end of their work, the two need energy elements from eight unknown planets to activate Gamma.

    Suddenly, though, Wily's Robot Masters in charge of mining and processing the elements on those planets begin to go berserk. Mega Man takes off to quell the robot rebellions and investigate their cause, but new mysteries await him as well.


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:01:00     Mega Man IV AD 200X. Household robots Rock and Roll were created by master robot designer, Dr Light, and were enjoying their peaceful days. Then one day, the industrial robots all over the world went on a rampage and the world fell into total chaos. Dr Light quickly realized that mad scientist, Dr Wily, was behind the nefarious deed but he didn't know what to do. Rock, having a strong sense of justice, volunteered to be converted into a fighting robot. Thus the super robot Mega Man was born. Mega Man shattered Dr Wily's plans three times and world peace has been maintained so far.... but history repeats itself. Dr Cossack, a mysterious scientist, has invented eight powerful robots and sent then after Mega Man. Mega Man starts for the battle again, this time equipped with the powerful new Mega Buster!!


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:01:12     Mega Man V In the year 20XX AD... A vicious army of robots is bent on destroying the world!! And behind this destruction is... Protoman!?


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:02:01     Mega Man VI A mysterious individual known as Mr. X has begun to hoIn the year 20XX, the first annual "Robot Masters Tournament" is held. The tournament was designed to test the designing capabilities of the world's greatest engineers. Thus, engineers and programmers (and of course, spectators) from the world over gathered to participate in this event. The tournament was hosted by a man known only as "Mr. X," who was one of the world's richest men and supposedly one of its greatest engineers.

    Dr. Light, a pacifist, decided not to enter the tournament, but he took charge and did send Mega Man to go along and make sure that everything was safe for all the spectators and to discipline the Robot Masters. Many strong robots participated, and in the end, eight robots were victorious.

    However, at the close of the tournament, Mr. X came to the podium and announced that he had reprogrammed the eight robots to do his bidding and that he had been manipulating the contestants all along. Furthermore, he was going to use his newly created army of robots, under command of the new Robot Masters to take over the world. Mega Man was immediately ordered by Dr. Light to put an end to the madness.ld a robot tournament encouraging all robots in the world to enter, to discover the true masters of them all. Unknown to the robots, once the eight winners were chosen, Mr. X took control of them and began to use them in his plot to take over the world. Explaining that he had manipulated Dr Wily from the beginning, Mega Man must now face up to Mr. X's eight new Robot Masters before confronting the mastermind himself.


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:02:14     Mega Man VII In the year 20XXAD

    The world cheered Mega Man when at long last he captured and imprisoned Dr Wily.

    But...

    Dr Wily always knew his schemes might end in failure and had planned for just such an occasion.

    Four robots had been hidden away and after six months without being contacted by Dr Wily, they activate and...

    Begin searching for their master...


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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:02:29     Mega Man VIII After Mega Man's previous quest saw the introduction of Bass & Treble, Dr. Wily's new robotic rivals of Mega Man, the threat of Wily's world domination plans intensified. Dr. Wily escaped during his previous battle against Mega Man and has begun to build up his army again. Designing and constructing a new secret castle hidden under the depths of a volcano, Wily began to formulate new plans for the destruction of Mega Man. While out on patrol for Mega Man, Bass finds him and a battle ensues. As always, Bass' overconfidence allows Mega Man to overcome him, but little did either of them know that an event was occurring in outer space that would prove to be very dangerous for both of them. Far off in space away from Earth, two mysterious robots were also locked in battle, with one of the combatants losing fast. The failing robot, the one bent on destruction and hatred, begins a descent into Earth's atmosphere. The other robot races after it, but is too late to stop the evil robot from breaking up and sending it's remains down to the surface. The resulting crash alerts both Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, but Wily manages to find the crash site before Mega Man can. Racing to the scene, Mega Man finds Dr. Wily fleeing with a piece from the crash site, a small meteor which he claims can give him the power to take over the world. Escaping in a small capsule, Wily leaves Mega Man alone at the crash site, but Mega Man discovers the damaged body of the other robot in the remains, and quickly takes it back to Dr. Light for repairs. The alien robot intrigues Dr. Light, and while he conducts repairs on it's damaged body, Mega Man heads out to stop Wily and his eight new Robot Masters.



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    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 07:02:44     Age of Time "Barbie horse adventure" is a fair description. Except you can kill the horses. And other people. And arrest people and beat them while they are in jail. And blow them up with dynamite.

    It's a persistent online fantasy action game.
    ]]>     10 Oct 2006 02:52:07     MK2 While some will always bemoan the Mortal Kombat series as a poor man's street fighter-albeit with buckets of blood- MK2 is arguably, the strongest entry in the Mortal Kombat arcade series; but MK2 didn't innovate the franchise so much as it refined a popular formula: namely, blood, fatalities and well designed characters distinguished by special moves rather than fighting style.

    The original Mortal Kombat was an unexpected success developed in less than a years time on a shoestring budget: though MK1 brought graphical innovation to the fighting genre by introducing fatalities to the mix Pit-Fighter beat it to market in terms of digitized FMV sprites.

    Every Character has two fatalities in this iteration of the series and their fighting styles are expressed in a surprisingly deep juggle combo system quite atypical of the Killer Instinct inspired "dial a combo" system employed in every MK since.
    ]]>     12 Oct 2006 11:30:53     Fallout Set in a future apocalypse version of the 50's-60's, Fallout is an RPG made by the now out of business Interplay and Black Isle Studios. It's violent, funny, and it can be played 100 times and never lose its appeal.

    You play as a member of a high-tech vault made to protect from the bombs. Now you must find a water chip to save your vault.
    ]]>     01 Nov 2006 10:22:36     Road Rash 3 Presenting the intense racing/brawling action-packed title that was published for the Sega Genesis console. The Road Rash series, from Electronic Arts, has been revolutionary in the racing genre, incorporating raw speed with brutal combat mechanisms. Eat your heart out Mario Kart, you've got nothing on these nunchucks.

    Platform: Sega Genesis
    Developer: Electronic Arts
    Publisher: Electronic Arts
    Released: 1995
    ]]>     10 Nov 2006 07:16:42     Void War Void War is an indie 3D space combat sim.

    Strap into one of six unique starfighters and get ready for the best space combat action to be found in this solar system: Void War. Simple, easy-to-learn controls let you focus on flying and fighting through awesome 3D battlefields. Void War is a unique blend of space-combat simulation, old-school arcade-style action, and run-and-gun thrills of first-person shooters.

    The single-player campaign propels you into a tongue-in-cheek story of rescue as you do battle against some of the most lethal weirdoes in the galaxy. Alternately, the "Free For All" mode lets you hone your skills in a no-holds-barred brawl in 3D space.

    Two multiplayer modes allow you to jump into battles with friends and strangers to prove who is the best fighter pilot in the galaxy. Online match-making servers let you find games to join quickly and easily. Prepare to join the ranks of the elite...
    ]]>     13 Nov 2006 02:43:09     Darkwind: War on Wheels Darkwind: War on Wheels is a turn-based, massively multiplayer, persistent-world car-combat wargame that is currently in open testing (November 2006). The game currently features race, deathrace, and arena combat leagues. Long-term strategy runs to a real-world timescale and is carried out using the website.

    In my confusion, I have put the screenshots over on my personal profile page: Sam Redfern
    ]]>     13 Nov 2006 03:01:07     Escape Velocity The original game in the Escape Velocity series from Ambrosia Software. An open ended space trading, combat, adventure rpg. It's similar to Elite, but with all the fun distilled and purified into one big addictive lump of super fun.

    The following is the blurb from the official Ambrosia website:

    Check your calendar: It's 2246, and the galaxy just isn't what it used to be. Spacefaring pirates roam free, civil war rages, and simple traders cheat death to make a living. Welcome to life in the 23rd century!

    Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity puts you smack-dab in the middle of that booming galaxy. As the captain of a shiny new spacecraft, you make your fortune and build your empire. If that sounds like a walk in the park, you're in for a surprise - dangers abound! Your lowly shuttle craft will need more than a little luck to make a profit... and survive.

    Escape Velocity offers a rich and open-ended environment that evolves as you play. Over a hundred worlds occupy the galaxy, each with its own technology, alliances, and commodities. As you earn credits and gain fame, Confederation peace keepers and Rebel patriots struggle for power, leaving you in the middle.

    Numerous sub-plots fill Escape Velocity's world; your choices affect the story's development, guaranteeing that each game will be different from the last. You'll have the opportunity to infiltrate hostile military bases, ferry emergency supplies to distant star systems, rescue passengers from stranded cruise ships, stop alien invaders, and more. In addition, Escape Velocity sports an open game engine. Future scenario designers will be able to create their own worlds for other players to explore...
    ]]>     14 Nov 2006 04:32:58     Wolfenstein 3D You're William J. "B.J." Blazkowicz, the Allies' bad boy of espionage and a terminal action seeker. Your mission was to infiltrate the Nazi fortress Castle Hollehammer and find the plans for Operation Eisenfaust, the Nazi's blueprint for building the perfect army. Rumors are that deep within the castle the diabolical Dr. Schabbs has perfected a technique for building a fierce army from the bodies of the dead. It's so far removed from reality that it would seem silly if it wasn't so sick. But what if it were true?

    As an escaped prisoner in a Nazi war prison, you will move smoothly through a 3D world full of amazing detail and animation. Unlike other 3D games, you'll run through a sensational and realistic 3-D environment, with intelligent moving guards and opponents.
    ]]>     14 Nov 2006 08:35:04     Starsiege: Tribes Starsiege: Tribes a first person shooter set in the Earthsiege universe. It was developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra Online in Nov. 1998. It's the first in a line of Tribes products which include Tribes II in 2001, Tribes Aerial Assault in 2002 (for PS2) and Tribes: Vengeance in 2004.
    ]]>     15 Nov 2006 01:51:38     Fallout Tactics Step into the feet of a soldier of the Brotherhood of Steel, a group that worships technology to improve life in the nuclear wastes. Fight through a campaign against raiders, super mutants, and robots using real life weapons and futuristic technology unique to the Fallout Universe. Now with new sprite and texture models to make the series look new and great.
    ]]>     16 Nov 2006 11:21:38     Viva Pinata A "kids" title that might tend to give it's intended audience nightmares; Viva Pinata is rather hard to define.

    Based on the cutsey graphics alone you would be forgiven for writing the game off as a sacharine dud but thats hardly worth your time.
    Hardly the case of course, as Viva Pinata is part harvest moon part Sim City.

    The goal is to create a fully functioning habitat pleasant enough to attract any number of candy based life forms to settle down.
    Distubingly enough, in order to do this, you have to encourage certain pinatas to not only mate, but also to hunt down weaker pinatas for dinner. Break one and their candy litters the ground while a chorus of kids scream with delight.

    This is probably the best game to come out of RARE studios since they were purchased by Microsoft so don't overlook it: Marcus Fenix and the Locusts hordes can wait!
    ]]>     17 Nov 2006 05:30:42     Pizza Panic A Ninja Turtle's wet dream, Pizza Panic combines the speed based challenge of the genesis Sonic games with the obstacle based platforming of the 8-16 bit Mario platformers in a fusion that's a little light on the cheese but heavy on the sauce. Guide your oddly fraggle inspired pizza delivery boy -skateboard at the ready- to deliver your pies in the shortest amount of time possible whilst earning the maximum tip. It's every high school drop out's dream but deserves special credit for not coming off as overly generic or matscot inspiring.
    ]]>     17 Nov 2006 06:22:06     Commando One thing you won't need to do while playing Commando is to enter: up, up, down, down, left, right,left, right, a,b start. Why? The game is essentially a graphically stunning Contra minus the insane difficulty. Although that's probably not the fairest assessment in the world because the game borrows just as much from Metal Slug and Gunstar Heroes as it does Konami's save the world by blowing it up shooter. All in all, Commando is certainly worth playing if you like stuff that splodes.
    ]]>     20 Nov 2006 07:06:21